Protests over racism in Wisconsin and Oklahoma, Paris Fashion Week, Apple Watch presentation | March 9
The day in photos from around the world.
Baltimore neighborhoods
Baltimore street photographers
Year in review
Freddie Gray: protests, aftermath
24 hours with...
A. Aubrey Bodine
Viewing Baltimore from above
Apple Watch unveiled in San Francisco
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the new Apple Watch during a company event in San Francisco on March 9, 2015.
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Howard Park: Exploring Baltimore’s neighborhoods
“This is the block where it’s scary to everyone,” Preston Greene says as we walk down the 4700 block of Liberty Heights Avenue, a once-vibrant stretch of Howard Park now marked by cheap carry-outs and a handful of shuttered storefronts. “There was a hardware store there, very small. This door is that of a halfway house – right next to a liquor store. A protected class of citizens. Are you kidding me?”
70 Years Later: March 10, 1945 firebombing in Tokyo, Japan
On March 10, 1945, U.S. B-29 bombers flew over Tokyo in the dead of night, dumping massive payloads of cluster bombs equipped with a then-recent invention: napalm. A fifth of Tokyo was left a smoldering expanse of charred bodies and rubble.
Today, a modest floral monument in a downtown park honors the spirits of the 105,400 confirmed dead, many interred in common graves.
It was the deadliest conventional air raid ever, worse than Nagasaki and on par with Hiroshima. But the attack, and similar ones that followed in more than 60 other Japanese cities, have received little attention, eclipsed by the atomic bombings and Japan’s postwar rush to rebuild.
Reporting by Elaine Kurtenbach and Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press
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Selma anniversary march, International Women’s Day, Engadin skiing marathon | March 8
The day in photos from around the world.
International Women’s Day
Women around the world celebrate, march and protest for International Women’s Day March 8.
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Sexes ‘battle’ in India, Spring Training scenes, Russian-backed rebel beauty pageant | March 7
Women beat men and rip their clothes off in India while the men throw buckets of colored water in return during the Dadjee ka Huranga; Spring seems far off to Marylanders, but baseball is in the thick of Spring Training; a beauty pageant for rebel fighters in Ukraine — the ones the Russians are backing and more in the day in photos from around the world.
The long cold winter of 2015
On February 2nd, the famous weather prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and proclaimed six more weeks of winter. Little did we know how bitter cold and snowy it would be. According to a Baltimore Sun article, February 2015 was the second coldest on record with an average temperature of 25.3 degrees, the coldest since 1934. Though we haven’t seen record snow falls, what we have seen along with the cold temperatures have lead to hard winter for the greater Baltimore region. The most recent snowfall left six to 10 inches through out the area. Creating work and nuisance for some, and a reason to get out and play for others. In addition, it also created beautiful scenic landscapes. Here are some of the best photos from that storm.
Breathing fire, inspecting meat, challenging energy plans | March 6
The day in photos from around the world.
Colors fly as Holi celebrations begin
Break out the colored powder: small celebrations of Holi, the annual festival of colors to mark the start of spring, are taking place around the world.
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